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The New York–Alabama Lineament is a magnetic anomaly in the geology of eastern North America running from Alabama to New York. The lineament is defined by discontinuities in aeromagnetic measurements indicating an approximately 220-kilometre (140 mi) displacement of buried geologic structures along this line. The displacement is attributed to the presence of a deeply buried strike-slip fault, possibly dating to the general time of the Grenville orogeny. The lineament was first described in 1978. The fault zone has been associated with the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone.

References

1. Steltenpohl, Mark G.; Zeitz, Isidore; Horton, J. Wright Jr.; Daniels, David L. (January 27, 2010). "New York–Alabama lineament: A buried right-slip fault bordering the Appalachians and mid-continent North America". Geology. 38 (6): 571–574. doi:10.1130/G30978.1.
2. O'Hanlon, Larry (May 28, 2010). "San Andreas-like fault found in eastern U.S." Retrieved August 24, 2011.

• Geology of Alabama
• Geology of Tennessee
• Geology of West Virginia
• Geology of Pennsylvania
• Geology of New York (state)
• Magnetic anomalies
• Seismic faults of the United States